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May 2021: Wet, Wet, Wet!

Posted on June 8, 2021 by Francis Pryor

I’m starting to write this blog post on the last day of May, which happens to be a Monday and a Bank Holiday. More to the point, we’ve got some close friends coming to spend the day with us. They’ll … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening | Tagged ash dieback, buttercups, education, grass, Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, lawns | Leave a comment

High Spring, 2015. Part 2: Among the Trees

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Francis Pryor

I mentioned in Part 1 of these High Spring blog posts that we had planted trees between our house and garden and the open Fen country that lies between us and the Wash. North-easterly gales from the North Sea can … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening | Tagged ash, ash dieback, bleeding heart, bluebells, dog's tooth violet, Erythronium dens-canis, Lamprocapnos spectabilis, Leucojum aestivum, Leucojum aestivum ‘Gravetye Giant’, summer snowflake, woodland gardening | Leave a comment

The Flowers that Bloom in the Spring, Tra La!

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Francis Pryor

I can remember rehearsing for the Mikado (I think I was in the chorus, but am not too sure), when I was about eleven. And that song has been with me ever since. Anyhow, this year really does make me … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening | Tagged ash dieback, ash trees, Leucojum aestivum, Leucojum aestivum ‘Gravetye Giant’, Leucojum vernum, primroses, Primula vulgaris, pussy willow, salix, Salix acutifolia ‘Blue Streak’, Salix gracilistylus 'Melanostachys', Scilla siberica, Siberian squills, spring snowflake, summer snowflake | Leave a comment

Appalling News: Ash Trees are Threatened and Politicians are Brain-Dead

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Francis Pryor

The Forestry Commission have just announced that a deadly disease of native ash trees has been imported into Britain and has escaped and been found on their land in East Anglia. In fairness, the Commission staff are moving heaven and … Continue reading →